Hwasun-gun Opens Applications for 'Basic Public Interest Direct Payment' Starting the 14th

[Hwasun=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Ji-woon] Jeonnam Hwasun-gun announced on the 10th that it will accept applications for the ‘Basic Public Interest Direct Payment’ starting from the 14th.

The non-face-to-face application period is from the 14th of this month to the 1st of next month, and the period for visiting the Eup/Myeon Administrative Welfare Centers for application is from the 4th of next month to May 31.

The public interest direct payment is a subsidy paid to actual cultivators and consists of small-scale direct payments and area direct payments.

Applicant farmers must prepare the necessary documents for qualification verification and fully understand the precautions before applying.

In particular, from this year, considering the increased demand for non-face-to-face applications due to COVID-19 and the widespread use of information devices such as smartphones, non-face-to-face applications can also be made from the 14th of this month to the 1st of next month.

Farmers whose public interest direct payment registration information from last year matches their agricultural management entity registration information for this year can apply non-face-to-face.

These farmers will receive prior guidance via smartphone, and from the 14th, application guidance text messages will be sent along with the application site information.

For non-face-to-face applications, applicants proceed in order by accessing the application site → personal authentication → consent to provide personal information → confirmation of eligible farmers and farmland → confirmation of expected payment amount and application.

Visiting applications at Eup/Myeon Happiness Welfare Centers can be made from the 4th of next month to May 31.

Although non-face-to-face applications are possible, farmers who cannot apply non-face-to-face can visit the Eup/Myeon Administrative Welfare Center with jurisdiction over the farmland location during the visiting application period to apply.

From this year, 17 farmer compliance items such as ▲completion of farmer education ▲village community activities ▲proper management of farming waste ▲writing and storing farming diaries will be fully enforced.

If compliance items are not faithfully implemented, direct payments may be reduced, and if applying for areas not used for agriculture such as fallow land, gravesites, or gardens where crops cannot be grown as in the previous year, direct payments may also be reduced.

The public interest direct payment is planned to be paid at the end of the year after application and receipt, qualification verification, compliance inspection, and confirmation of the payment amount.

A county official said, “With the availability of non-face-to-face applications from this year, it is expected that farmers’ direct payment applications will become more convenient,” and added, “Please apply for the farmland actually cultivated within the application period and faithfully comply with the compliance items to avoid reduction of direct payments.”

For more details, contact the Agricultural Policy Division’s Eco-friendly Agriculture Team, Eup/Myeon Administrative Welfare Centers, or the Public Interest Direct Payment Call Center.

Hwasun=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Ji-woon rosaria0704@asiae.co.kr

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